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This paper mockup was made without measurements, math, or ease.

New Block Draft for the Anti-Math Crowd
Posted on April 13, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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Our target skirt.

Basic Yoked Skirt Draft
Posted on April 6, 2014April 6, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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For clarity, this is a rough drawing of a raglan sleeve shirt.

The Raglan Sleeve Draft
Posted on April 5, 2014April 6, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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And we have a collar pattern! It looks like this on a stand. (It's the wrong size stand and I have the collar off center, but you get the idea.)

Blouse Draft 4: All-In-One Collar
Posted on March 15, 2014March 15, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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Here are our class notes, with the new sleeve shape (red) as well as the information on the size of the lower band and the placket.

Blouse Draft 3: Poofy Sleeve
Posted on March 15, 2014March 15, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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The resulting tension problem is shockingly close to a perfectly eased sleeve head, but slightly harder to adjust if it's off.

The Easiest Way to Ease a Sleeve
Posted on March 15, 2014March 15, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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We are making this, out of four samples. Well, mostly - we changed the sleeve length somewhere along the way to make it shorter and cuter.

Blouse Draft 2: Button Placket
Posted on March 10, 2014March 11, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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And run that bad-boy through the machine. Your stitches should be a good 1/16" from the edge of the filler. This is so that when you sew the piping to a garment later, those stitches can be right next to the filler and no stitches will be visible.

Making Bias Piping
Posted on March 9, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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We are making this, out of four samples. Well, mostly - we changed the sleeve length somewhere along the way to make it shorter and cuter.

Blouse Draft 1: Foundation
Posted on March 9, 2014March 11, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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The seam is finished on the outside, and actually slightly more reinforced than a standard fell.

The Fakey-Fell
Posted on March 9, 2014 by Melissa Heischberg
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